Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Keller for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 131	‐
VBR	# 403	# 750

Projections

Strikeouts	50	12
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.62	4.40
WHIP	1.40	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 94	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 114	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 169	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 115	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	3

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	113.2	4.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	112	1

Earned Runs	64	0

Home Runs Allowed	13	0

Strikeouts	87	6

Walks	38	0

ERA	5.07	0.00

WHIP	1.32	0.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	15

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	60.5	11.4

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	10

Earned Runs	31	6

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	50	12

Walks	19	6

ERA	4.62	4.40

WHIP	1.40	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
News
	Mitch Keller allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Yankees optioned RHP Yovanny Cruz to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Mitch Keller allowed three hits over five scoreless innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Yovanny Cruz was called up by the Yankees ahead of Tuesday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 30th
	Mitch Keller will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Yankees are expected to option Yovanny Cruz to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Mitch Keller allowed three runs on four hits over three innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Thursday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Yankees selected the contract of RHP Yovanny Cruz from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Mitch Keller allowed five runs on eight hits over six innings with one strikeout in a loss on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Yankees have reassigned right-hander Yovanny Cruz to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT			Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, May 18th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th				@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Keller for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

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